Your Attorney has been WELL compensated and you should DEMAND he gets them out!

This has been my strategy here in NOVA as well - though true multifamily housing stock is hard to come by as you are probably already aware.

Despite the challenges, the project was a success, proving that well-planned investments can lead to significant profits.

One person works for a well known home builder. 

The BiggerPockets podcast was really helpful for me when getting started as well. 

Well, you can buy little portable washing machines that hook up to your sink- not unlike those freestanding dishwashers.

And lastly, market risks and mismanaged funds can also create major headaches, especially for those involved in lending groups.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

I think you have the basics of meeting partners and people to work with in your local market and seem to be well on the way with two deals going already so big congrats there!

Commercial properties are not evaluated by "comps" (well not exactly) they are evaluated on cash flow.